Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Dr. Charles Birkeland
Originator: U.S. Department of the Interior
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator: Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Center
Originator: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title:
Coral Reef Surveys at 21 Sites in American Samoa during 2002 (NODC Accession 0000622)
Online_Linkage: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov
Description:
Abstract:
Transects of the coral colonies at 21 sites in American Samoa were surveyed by Dr. Charles Birkeland during an underwater swim in March 2002. Data for each coral species include abundance and size distribution of the colonies. The living coral cover can be estimated from the size distribution data.
Purpose:
To check the status of the coral reef communities in American Samoa.
Supplemental_Information:
NOAA Supplemental: Entry_ID: Unknown Sensor_Name: SCUBA, visual census Source_Name: manual Project_Campaign: Marine Resource Survey of the American Samoa Archipelago Originating_Center: Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Center University of Hawaii at Manoa Storage_Medium: Excel, ASCII Online_size: 2.662 megabytes
Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0000622
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20020306
Beginning_Time: 0600
Ending_Date: 20020321
Ending_Time: 1700
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: In Work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.78896
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.44486
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.161783
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.366233
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter
Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Coastal studies
Theme_Keyword: Coral reef monitoring and assessment
Theme_Keyword: Coral
Theme_Keyword: Coral reef
Theme_Keyword: Coral species abundance
Theme_Keyword: Size distribution of colonies
Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets
Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets - oceanographic
Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets - benthic
Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets - biology
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Documents > Observational Report
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: 002
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: 014
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: American Samoa
Place_Keyword: Fagatele Bay
Place_Keyword: Tutuila Island
Place_Keyword: Ofu Island
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu Island (14S169W0013)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ofu Island (14S169W0013)
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region
Place_Keyword: AmSam
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: Benthic
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
NOAA and NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NOAA/National Oceanographic Data Center
Contact_Position: NODC User Services Group Leader
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
Address: SSMC3 Fourth Floor
Address: 1315 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: Maryland
Postal_Code: 20910-3282
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3302
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: services@nodc.noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
Contact_Instructions: Phone/FAX/e-mail
Data_Set_Credit:
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Excel. 2.662 Mbytes.